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Vigili del Fuoco rescue boats with divers are returning to shore after carrying out fresh searches for six people, including UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, missing since their yacht capsized off the Italian island of Sicily. The 56-metre British-flagged sailing yacht "Bayesian" was anchored some 700 metres from port with 10 crew and 12 passengers on board when it was struck by a waterspout, a sort of mini tornado, before dawn on Monday. IMAGES
The French authorities are close to the site of an accident involving two French army Rafale aircraft to conduct search operations for the two missing pilots. Two Rafale fighter jets collided in northeastern France on Wednesday, with one pilot ejecting himself, while an instructor and a student pilot remain missing. IMAGES
Rescue teams with search dogs are working on the site where a hotel collapsed in Kroev, Germany, leaving two dead and several people injured. A floor in the hotel collapsed for unknown reasons around 11:00 pm (2100 GMT) on 6 August, police said in a statement. IMAGES
The president and vice chair of Microsoft, Brad Smith, announces that the company "will invest and spend $3.2 billion in the next two years here in Sweden to build out world-leading, world-class AI data center infrastructure". It is the company's biggest investment in the country to date. SOUNDBITE
Before presiding over the 7th edition of the "Choose France" summit aimed at attracting foreign investors to the country, French President Emmanuel Macron visits Microsoft near Paris and meets with its president, Brad Smith. 180 foreign business leaders use the summit at the Chateau of Versailles to announce the construction or expansion of factories or other investments in France totalling more than 15 billion euros. IMAGES
Rescue teams work on site after a passenger train crashed into a maintenance train in Buenos Aires on Friday, leaving at least 30 people hospitalized, two of them in serious condition, officials said. IMAGES
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